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@MusicInclusive
Any thoughts on my Post above?
I just got my Midi4+ version. I was a little surprised at how deep this thing is; really impressive. For the price, these are fantastic deals; I will grab the Audio one immediately.
One thing though well worth mentioning. My main keyboard does NOT work on the CC USB host port. Now, the logic here is all about Class Compliance, which I understand, but I also have the iTrack Dock thing, that also has the USB CC host port, and also is sadly picky with CC. But my Keyboard (an Acorn) works on that! - but not on the iConnect? (go figure). But fortunately it's not a big deal as I'm connecting two computers anyway. Just is anther damn issue
The response I got from iconnectivity about the Audio4+ release date:
Nic,
We are impacted by recent US west coast port slowdowns in our shipments. We are still targeting 6 to 8 weeks from NAMM (ie in another two weeks) ... But we need to receive goods ourselves first.
iConnectivity
(403)457-1122
the wait is KILLING ME! i'm almost ready to get something else in the meantime because i can't connect my mic anymore!
MiMix definitely does it. In stereo pairs, up to 24.
Iconnectivity is hardware
Does anyone know if they were going to start shipping these today?
I wound up biting the bullet and ordered one of these. Pretty excited!
IConnectivity's own web site says pre-orders start today. Don't know for certain if one could infer anything from that, but I would venture it's still not shipping.
http://www.iconnectivity.com/products/audio/iConnectAUDIO4plus
Probably by the end of April
They were taking pre-orders before today. The wording on their site is misleading.
Sweetwater told me somewhere around the first week of April. Of course, until they actually receive them, no telling...
I received a shipping notification for my order yesterday!
Finally!
The video tutorials should be online as well shortly. (At least the 1st 4 - more to come hopefully! ). :-)
The videos are now trickling out to the site:
http://www.iconnectivity.com/iConnectAUDIO4plus
Great work. Thank you and congrats on getting them out there @MusicInclusive.
Do the videos thus far hit an appropriate spot @syrupcore and others? I do have the potential to change / filter the process ongoing.
The Windows driver requirement is very unfortunate news to me. On Sweetwater it states it is audio and midi class-compliant - eliminates the need for drivers. I was hoping to use this on a work PC where only class-compliant devices will run.
Actually the no drivers required info is everywhere, even on their own site. Is there a mode of operation on Windows that doesn't require driver installation? If not, this info needs to be corrected.
Nice and clear. The thing I'm reaching for, and I'm not trying to be adversarial, is why I would want this kit in light of the advent of the mux brothers and/or musicio. The specs look great and the price is reasonable. But I already have a good A/D converter and I think I can use my computer to host multiple midi devices as well guitars, mikes, etc. as well as power the ipad. Is there something basic I am missing here? Thanks.
Not at all @Deselby - appreciate the feedback! :-)
Here's something I wrote on my FB timeline when the MusicIO audio component was added - only slightly edited:
MusicIO has added audio over USB to its existing MIDI routing between Macs and iPads. Nice job! As noted before, this and the audiomux/midimux combination are a great boon to iPad music creation.
Existing (and future!) iConnectMIDI2+/4+ and upcoming iConnectAudio4+ owners still have many advantages though - so don't throw your boxes out! :-)
The teams who have worked on these software solutions have done great work - to be commended - but the iConnectivity boxes still have many advantages for many users, not least of which is that they aren't by design connected to Audiobus (in the case of audiomux/midimux) so that one can use them with other applications with ease. (MusicIO is a bit more flexible in that it isn't tied to Audiobus but instead is focused on IAA.)
Not only that, the ability to record using multiple different sample rates and bit depths for apps that support it, and to have multiple channels of MIDI and audio I/O routable in the box with the iConnectivity devices is still a great advantage in that one can run them headless, esp. and moreso in the case of the upcoming iConnectAudio4+ with just an iPad.
Oh - and the iCM2/4+ and iCA4+ support Windows too - with the iConnectAudio4+ doing so with a native driver. Both audiomux/midimux and MusicIO have plans for Windows support at some point however.
Having said that - MusicIO is a wonderful addition to the portfolio of connection apps available for iOS music makers and worthy of attention. Kudos. I'll be using it alongside other solutions where appropriate. smile emoticon
BTW: There are other very nice audio I/O interfaces out there too that support iOS natively, for example: offerings from Focusrite, Steinberg, Native Instruments, M-Audio and others. The iConnectivity devices however focus on integration with existing studio recording gear as well - particularly Macs/PCs - and each iConnectivity devices supports at least connection between one iOS device and a Mac/PC simultaneously (or in the case of the iCM4+ - 2 iOS devices), as well as routing between other hardware (DIN MIDI in the case of the iCM2+, and USB MIDI and Ethernet MIDI as well as DIN MIDI in the case of the iCM4+).
In the case of the upcoming iCA4+, one has the ability to connect together, e.g. an iPad and a Mac/PC, DIN MIDI, USB MIDI and Line in / out audio all at the same time and route and mix audio among all of them in a very flexible manner - as well of course as being able to route the MIDI among all the connected devices.
So - wow! Lots of goodness for iOS users these days smile emoticon Kudos to the MusicIO team today!
And here's a snippet from one I wrote earlier when audiomux came out.
audiomux is now available in the app store (may be a while until it traverses the globe). Promises to further revolutionize iPad <-> Macbook recording (and later to PCs as well) by using direct iPad <-> Mac/PC USB <-> lightning/30 pin connectors.
Where does that leave items like the iConnectMIDI2/4+ and the upcoming iConnectAudio4+?
Well IMO there's still very much a place for those devices alongside this app and its companion midimux - see thread below for midimux link - as well as MusicIO. (MusicIO currently only does MIDI but is also slated to allow audio in the near future as well).
The reason is that the iConnectivity devices allow a great deal of additional flexibility in that they provide variously, multiple audio streams to/from the iPad / Mac / PC, additional DIN MIDI ports, USB host port for multiple class-compliant USB peripherals (for the iCM4+ and iCA4+), direct in-box hardware routing of the audio and MIDI connections to/from iPads/MIDI/Macs/PCs in various combinations, Ethernet MIDI capability in the case of the iCM4+, MIDI filtering and flexible port reassignment, and in the case of the upcoming iCA4+ additionally a very nice audio routing patchbay and mixing capability of the line in / out audio.
Further one can achieve direct iPad <-> iPad audio and MIDI routing with the iCM4+ and iCA4+ and once configured via iConfig, one can run both of those devices "headless" - i.e. no need for a Mac/PC - which is great for live iPad-only performances - esp. in the case of the upcoming iCA4+.
So, I think the bottom line here for some will be, if I'm looking to buy a new audio interface would this fit the job given what else it also supports. I agree entirely that if you already have an audio I/O interface and some MIDI routing you are comfortable with, as well as perhaps something of audiomux/midimux or MusicIO - then you may achieve what you want differently. All good.
Choices. :-)
They're doing it for me. Very clear. Great really. I'd be interested to see iOS<->iOS operation. Say, play a synth on A, process it with B and record it to Auria or Loopy back on A. Two use cases for this are 1) getting iPad only effects on iPhone (hi, flux) and 2) sharing the processor load between devices (hi, auria).
A couple of questions if you don't mind...
Is the config app smart enough to detect ios devices or are routings tied to the device ports? I ask because I use two ios devices and the ICA4+ only charges one at a time—I'd like to be able to simply swap them after a while if needed but would love for the config app to keep up with me instead of having to manually reroute. Prolly dreaming.
Similar question re: hub ports connected to the host port. I see them numbered 1-7 but surely it's not just using the port on the hub, is it?
I might have this wrong but I don't think MusicIO or the Mux bruvs can go iOS device<->iOS device. For those wanting to skip the computer, that's a big deal. Plus being able to share devices on the same USB hub across iOS devices.
Having a single device and config app to route all of the madness (audio+MIDI) is a bonus too—including USB devices on the hub.
I agree with the sentiment though—if you're just trying to get audio/midi to and from a single ios device to your computer, and already have an interface set up you like, can't imagine this would really tempt you. Me? I'm seriously tempted. Tired of dealing with a bunch of different devices to do what this can do in just one (plus charging).
@syrupcore - appreciate the feedback.
Let me see now... Hmmm.
On the loopback, I think you can do that readily - but I'm a little concerned about the general case of looping the result back to the first iPad. You would need to have apps though that can see different input ports - not just 1&2 - and send the output of the 2nd iPad to a different set of inputs on the first iPad so that you didn't get a feedback loop if the first app is reading its input as part of the signal chain and passing it back on etc. etc. That'd include Audiobus, Auria, Cubasis etc. I don't have Loopy (doesn't fit my normal workflow) - can Loopy do that too? Probably. Great use case though and I'll make sure I give you a definitive answer as soon as I can.
My existing focus and use case has been to loop audio from a DAW to an iPad and back, for example to use, say Crystalline as an outboard effect from a DAW track, so in principle doing that between two iPads is the same.
iConfig can be configured to feed the output of Device port 1 into Device port 2 and vice versa at the same time - but again I'd be careful how one does that to avoid any feedback loops. However, if you used different audio port settings per device port, e.g. 1&2 on device port 1 going to 5&6 on device port 2 and made sure you were keeping track of that on the iPads - e.g. in Auria, you shouldn't have any difficulty swapping them because you can set the same mutually on the other device port audio routing as well so it'd be symmetric - if I understood the question. I'll try a test of that at some point see what can be done easily.
Also - although device port 2 isn't technically slated to charge an iPad (port 1 is), I had my iPad mini connected to device port 2 throughout testing and it kept it charged just fine. That might be different with different iPads though as I mentioned in the video.
wow, thank you so much for that thorough reply.
I did hear you mention that about 'maintaining a charge' but forgot. For me, that's plenty. I take from your answer though that it works the way I expected: routing is tied to the port, not the item in the port. Makes sense—I was hoping for something more like MIDI Bridge where the app is aware of the devices plugged in and allows you to route accordingly. Then you could swap devices between the ports at will and the app would continue to map "Will's Ipad 3" to "Din 1" or whatever. No big deal; MB routing couldn't survive a hot-swap either!
Yes, Loopy can select from discreet inputs. I guess anything that's AB output slot compatible should be able to work with the potential loopback issues because they can be addressed via AB.
YW. And, that's what I was thinking too @syrupcore (about Loopy) - esp. since I've seen folks use it in input/output slots etc. at the same time.
@MusicInclusive Thank you for your considered reply. I really hadn't thought of headless ipad <-> ipad. Interesting scenario.
ipad <> ipad this is exactly what i wanna do!
Yes, i will def. give ICA4+ a try!
iConnect is a routing APP for?
Does anyone know if their control app accepts MIDI program changes to swap routing setups?
Not yet - but it's planned @syrupcore :-)
Thank you, that's good news (or it will be). Primary use case for me will be splitting controller duties—using the same controller(s) on more than one iOS device. Would be very great to be able to hit a button to send a program change and have the controller instantly pointed at a different device.
this would be great
included inside of AB State Saving too!
+1